Linux on Nintendo DS, Update · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by timothy on Monday June 20, 2005 @12:17PM from the make-ready-the-whine-cannon dept.

fdevliegher writes "Trying to port Linux to various portable devices is hot nowadays. One project is porting Linux to the Nintendo DS, and is making big progress lately. Right after the DSLinux guys had a working bootable 2.6 kernel, they have put lots of effort in making the sash shell work, in which they also succeeded. The latest feature added is the touchscreen keyboard. It allows users to tap in the commands, providing a much easier input method than before (when only the buttons could be used to input text). Only the basics are being worked on for now, but the future uses of Linux on the Nintendo DS are practically unlimited. In other words, it might become a cheap alternative for a PDA, an emulator, movie viewer, maybe even internet browser, who knows."

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Yup. by rackhamh · 2005-06-20 12:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Trying to port Linux to various portable devices is hot nowadays.

So hot. You should see the look on my girlfriend's face when I tell her, "Time to compile the kernel on this bad boy."

Gets 'em every time, baby.
Re:I don't know... by 0racle · 2005-06-20 12:46 · Score: 5, Funny

If it computes it could run Linux
If it computes it does run NetBSD. (of course)

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